Jun 3, 2026 - Business

The Triangle has three companies on the Fortune 500 list

Zachery Eanes

RALEIGH, NC - MARCH 27: An exterior view of a First Citizens Bank branch on March 27, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina. First Citizens Bank has acquired failed Silicon Valley Bank. The FDIC agreed to give Raleigh based First Citizens a $16.5 billion discount on $72 billion in loans and a pledge to sh — Photo: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Three Triangle businesses landed on the 2026 Fortune 500 list, which ranks the country's largest companies by revenue, a number that was unchanged from last year.

Why it matters: Fortune 500 companies tend to be major employers who bolster the local economy and help drive philanthropy and sponsorships.

Historically, Raleigh has been home to the secondary offices of many of the country's largest employers, while also hosting large private employers, like SAS Institute, or health systems and universities.

State of play: The highest ranked Triangle firm was the Durham-based clinical research company IQVIA Holdings, which came in at No. 274. That was up from No. 282 last year.

Raleigh-based First Citizens Bank came in at No. 309, down from No. 293 last year.
Advance Auto Parts, the Raleigh car parts dealer, was No. 461, falling from No. 389 last year.
Burlington-based Labcorp also made the Fortune 500 list, coming in at No. 326.
Martin Marietta, the Raleigh-based building material supplier, narrowly missed out on making the list, coming in at No. 532.

Zoom out: In total, North Carolina had 12 total companies on the 2026 Fortune 500 list, up from 11 in 2025.

The highest-ranked firm in the state was Bank of America at No. 20.

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The Triangle has three companies on the Fortune 500 list

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